Wayne Stark, director of the career services office at Sweet Briar College, reported the following stats regarding the Class of 2008:

As of graduation, 95 percent of seniors had reported their post-graduation plans to the career services center. Of those students, 78 percent had either secured a job, been accepted to a graduate school or other advanced study opportunity, such as nursing school, or were pursuing a personal endeavor, such as an internship or overseas travel.

Including those interviewing for positions, 85 percent of students — well above the national average — were effectively engaged in post-graduation pursuits.

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2006-07 Career Services Benchmark Survey for Four-year Colleges and Universities — the most recent survey available — 55.6 percent of graduating students nationally were reporting jobs or graduate school/further education at the time of graduation.

When examining only graduate school and further education outcomes, the NACE survey found schools with enrollments of fewer than 1,000 averaged a 10.5-percent rate of graduate school/further education attainment. For 2008, Sweet Briar students attained a rate of 30 percent.

What follows are some of the diverse endeavors undertaken by the Class of 2008:

Elizabeth Anderson will study pharmacy at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Sarah Ansani will be at Chatham University working on an MFA in creative writing.

Margaret Barnes is traveling in Southeast Asia over the summer.

Lisa Bethune will study epidemiology at the University of Maryland.

Alison Carr will work on a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology at the University of Akron.

Kristin Chapdelaine is interning at Edelman Public Relations.

Carolisa Cheung will study applied mathematics at the University of California, Merced.